The R&B game this year was filled with breakthrough efforts, trap-soul introductions, vintage soul debuts and classic albums from your favorite artists. So we compiled a list of the Best R&B Albums of 2015.

The Weeknd’s chart-topping ballad “The Hills” gets a high-powered guest feature by way of Eminem. The Detroit rhymer jumps on the remix to the drug-induced song and delivers wickedly sexy rhymes from the viewpoint of Slim Shady.

The Weeknd delivered a huge surprise as the musical guest for 'Saturday Night Live' over the weekend. The R&B crooner performed his No. 1 hit “The Hills,” which featured his surprise guest Nicki Minaj.

Much like in his video for “Can’t Feel My Face,” the Weeknd was on fire -- performance-wise -- at the 2015 Billboard Hot 100 Music Festival. The R&B sensation closed out the first night of the music fest on Saturday (Aug. 22).